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|| 1 || February 20th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern || Introduction to this course and each other || Alison and Tess
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|| 2 || February 27th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern || Threat modeling, risk assessments, and the security mindset|| Tess
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|| 2 || TBD || Community organizing, how to do civic engagement, community asset mapping, bring in folks doing this work, later on reflection on who you have reached out to || TBD
 
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|| 3 || March 6th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern|| How we got here: internet and surveillance origins, ideologies, and logics || Alison and Tess
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|| 3 || TBD || Break up with Big Tech (tools, strategies) - LFP member experiences || TBD
 
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|| 4 || March 13th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern|| Carceral surveillance: how the state and its appendages use technology ||  
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|| 5 || March 20th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern || Technology for liberation, or at least just better passwords ||  
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|| 6 || March 27th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern || More tech tools and anti-doxxing ||  
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|| 6 || TBD || Skeptic's Guide to AI || TBD
 
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|| 8 || April 10th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern|| What are we fighting for? Messaging and talking points to convince others what's at stake and what we need to do about it ||
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|| 9 || April 17-19 || In-person weekend ||
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|| 12 || May 8th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern || The AI hellscape ||
 
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|| 13 || May 15th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern || Luxury surveillance: consumer technologies and online advertising ||
 
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|| 15 || May 29th, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern || Closing week: Alternative visions, and our shared ideas for longer term practice||
 
 
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Revision as of 15:37, 6 October 2026

Library Freedom Institute 12: Advanced Knowledge for Digital Resistance

Library Freedom Institute (LFI) is a training program for library workers focused on privacy, intellectual freedom, and critical technology. We teach librarians the skills necessary to support information democracy in the 21st Century; from educating community members, to installing privacy software, to influencing local policy.

Expanding on previous Library Freedom Institute trainings in intellectual freedom, data privacy, and AI critical approaches to resisting Big Tech, this advanced series embraces the reality that much of our work remains in progress. LFI 12 is iterative and builds on the expertise you’ve been studying and sharing with your communities.


General course information and resources

  • Code of Conduct
  • Discord for asynchronous discussion (link shared privately)
  • Mailing list and wiki for weekly curriculum
  • Zoom for weekly synchronous sessions (link shared privately)

Course structure

  • 10 weeks, exact dates TBD, but taking place sometime between February and April 2027
  • Weekly synchronous two-hour video sessions are TBD
  • Weekly discussion questions and readings

What to expect/what is expected of you

  • A generous and generative group to build community with, learn together, share ideas, experiences, and resources
  • A unique curriculum rooted in honest engagement with the world
  • Attend each weekly session
  • If you need to miss a session, please email in advance
  • Participate in weekly conversations
  • Zoom sessions will be a mix of lecture, large group discussions, and breakouts
  • Participate in asynch Discord convos
  • Complete weekly readings
  • Weekly topics are subject to change, sometimes wildly, based on group vibes, the world, and the prior week

Schedule and curriculum

Schedule overview
Week Date and time Topic Lecturer
1 TBD Intro week: what are we up against now/Nerd Reich update; personal/professional mission statements/political philosophy, why am I here, zine activity, bring a formative text TBD
2 TBD Community organizing, how to do civic engagement, community asset mapping, bring in folks doing this work, later on reflection on who you have reached out to TBD
3 TBD Break up with Big Tech (tools, strategies) - LFP member experiences TBD
4 TBD Break up with Big Tech (week 2 - hands on, homework) TBD
5 TBD Talking back to power: bosses, admins, boards (practicing and modeling convos, homework, arguments, talking points)
6 TBD Skeptic's Guide to AI TBD
7 TBD Scams, info literacy against slopworld TBD
8 TBD Program development, project planning TBD
9 TBD TBD TBD
10 TBD Closing week, connect back to mission statement and project plan, what has developed or changed TBD
Weekly curriculum
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
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